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Re: [tlp-interest] Request to designate TLP Section 6 as Code Components

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Sat, 07 November 2009 02:34 UTC

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>Now, if some other standards body needs those exact words (copyright
>applies only to exact words), ...

People have lost some very expensive lawsuits over that misconception.

This whole process might be a lot simpler if the IETF or trust
disclaimed any interest of trivialities rather than trying to lock
things down.

R's,
John

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